1971 Minnesota Twins

74-86 • 0.463 Win% • 5th in AL W

📊 Season Record

74 Wins
86 Losses
0.463 Win %
5th Rank
654 R 670 RA
Diff -16

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⚡ Quick Stats

654 Runs Scored
670 Runs Allowed
-16 Run Diff
940K Attendance

📈 vs. 1971 AL Average

Batting Avg .259 5% above the 1971 league average (.246)
OBP .323 3% above the 1971 league average (.315)
SLG .323 3% above the 1971 league average (.315)
Team ERA 3.81 10% worse than the 1971 league average (3.46)
Runs Scored 654 5% above the 1971 league average (623 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumMetropolitan Stadium
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Home Games 79
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Total Attendance 940,848
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Avg per Game 11,909

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Tony Oliva 0.337 2 Cesar Tovar 0.311 3 Rod Carew 0.307 4 Leo Cardenas 0.264 5 Danny Thompson 0.263

Home Runs

1 Harmon Killebrew 28 2 Tony Oliva 22 3 Leo Cardenas 18 4 George Mitterwald 13 5 Rich Reese 10

RBI

1 Harmon Killebrew 119 2 Tony Oliva 81 3 Leo Cardenas 75 4 Rod Carew 48 5 Cesar Tovar 45
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Cesar Tovar 157 657 94 204 0 0 1 45 45 39 18 0.311
Rod Carew 147 577 88 177 0 0 2 48 45 81 6 0.307
Leo Cardenas 153 554 59 146 0 0 18 75 51 69 3 0.264
Harmon Killebrew 147 500 61 127 0 0 28 119 114 96 3 0.254
Tony Oliva 126 487 73 164 0 0 22 81 25 44 4 0.337
George Mitterwald 125 388 38 97 0 0 13 44 39 104 3 0.250
Steve Braun 128 343 51 87 0 0 5 35 48 50 8 0.254
Jim Holt 126 340 35 88 0 0 1 29 16 28 5 0.259
Rich Reese 120 329 40 72 0 0 10 39 20 35 7 0.219
Jim Nettles 70 168 17 42 0 0 6 24 19 24 3 0.250
Brant Alyea 79 158 13 28 0 0 2 15 24 38 1 0.177
Steve Brye 28 107 10 24 0 0 3 11 7 15 3 0.224
Jim Kaat 54 93 6 15 0 0 0 5 2 16 2 0.161
Jim Perry 40 92 10 17 0 0 0 5 7 18 0 0.185
Bert Blyleven 38 91 3 12 0 0 0 2 1 37 0 0.132
Phil Roof 31 87 6 21 0 0 0 6 8 18 0 0.241
Eric Soderholm 21 64 9 10 0 0 1 4 10 17 0 0.156
Danny Thompson 48 57 10 15 0 0 0 7 7 12 0 0.263
Rick Renick 27 45 4 10 0 0 1 8 5 14 0 0.222
Paul Ratliff 21 44 3 7 0 0 2 6 4 17 0 0.159
Ray Corbin 52 34 3 7 0 0 0 2 2 17 0 0.206
Tom Hall 49 34 5 9 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0.265
Paul Powell 20 31 7 5 0 0 1 2 3 12 0 0.161
George Thomas 23 30 4 8 0 0 0 2 4 3 0 0.267
Tom Tischinski 21 23 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0.130
Steve Luebber 19 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.053
Charlie Manuel 18 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 8 0 0.125
Rick Dempsey 6 13 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.308
Pete Hamm 13 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.273
Stan Williams 46 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0.000
Steve Barber 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Hal Haydel 31 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.333
Ron Perranoski 36 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jim Strickland 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Sal Campisi 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Gebhard 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Jim Strickland 1.44 2 Bert Blyleven 2.81 3 Jim Kaat 3.32 4 Tom Hall 3.33 5 Ray Corbin 4.10

Wins

1 Jim Perry 17 2 Bert Blyleven 16 3 Jim Kaat 13 4 Ray Corbin 8 5 Tom Hall 4

Strikeouts

1 Bert Blyleven 224 2 Tom Hall 137 3 Jim Kaat 137 4 Jim Perry 126 5 Ray Corbin 83
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Bert Blyleven 16 15 2.81 38 38 0 278.1 59 224
Jim Perry 17 17 4.23 40 39 1 270.0 102 126
Jim Kaat 13 14 3.32 39 38 0 260.1 47 137
Ray Corbin 8 11 4.10 52 11 3 140.1 70 83
Tom Hall 4 7 3.33 48 11 9 129.2 58 137
Stan Williams 4 5 4.15 46 1 4 78.0 44 47
Steve Luebber 2 5 5.03 18 12 1 68.0 37 35
Pete Hamm 2 4 6.75 13 8 0 44.0 18 16
Ron Perranoski 1 4 6.75 36 0 5 42.2 28 21
Hal Haydel 4 2 4.28 31 0 1 40.0 20 29
Jim Strickland 1 0 1.44 24 0 1 31.1 18 21
Bob Gebhard 1 2 3.00 17 0 0 18.0 11 13
Steve Barber 1 0 6.17 4 2 0 11.2 13 4
Sal Campisi 0 0 4.15 6 0 0 4.1 4 2

👥 Roster (36)

Brant Alyea Steve Barber Bert Blyleven Steve Braun Steve Brye Sal Campisi Leo Cardenas Rod Carew Ray Corbin Rick Dempsey Bob Gebhard Tom Hall +24 more

36 players

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